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- Loading a 37mm pack gun to a pack mule
- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division ties the ropes fastening a part of 37-mm pack gun onto an American pack mule during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the piece weighs 22 pounds...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 16, 1945
- Pack train in the San Juan Mountains
- Men and a pack train of burros gather around a wood frame mine building, probably in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. The burros have pack saddles. Shows a pile of chopped wood, an outhouse and the snow covered mountainside.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Forestry rangers
- View of possibly forest rangers and pack horses at a camp site on a hillside near aspen trees. The men wear trousers tucked into tall boots, shirts, and wide brimmed hats. Pack horses have halters and lead ropes, blankets, and leather pack straps....
- Horses--1890-1910.; Pack animals--1890-1910.; Rangers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Moving day
- Man and woman on horseback with possessions loaded on two pack horses on Columbia Avenue, Telluride, Colorado. Man in jacket and hat has rope tied to pack animals on left; woman on right has long skirt, short jacket, hat and handbag. One pack horse...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Adventures in the San Juan mountains
- Men load boxes on pack mules. A man skies down a slope, and men stake a claim on a snow covered hillside. Men with pack animals wade through deep snow. A pack train of burros haul timber and men celebrate around a hoist at a mine shaft.
- Miners--1880-1890.; Mining--1880-1890.; Packtrains--1880-1890.; Skiing--1880-1890.; Snow--1880-1890.
- 1883 June 9
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- Burro pack train on Aspen Mtn.
- View of pack train on Aspen Mountain, Pitkin County, Colorado. Men on foot and on horseback are near burros loaded with supplies and potato sacks. A horse-drawn carriage is behind the pack train. Houses in Aspen are in the distance.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Cimmarone [i.e. Cimarron] pack train, Sneffels
- View of a pack train of burros, with materials and supplies on their backs, in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings; Stony Mountain is in the distance.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 July
- Sneffels post office and pack train
- Men pose with a pack train of burros in front of the post office and general store in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The burros are loaded with wooden crates and supplies. The hand-hewn post office has a tar paper roof. Paper flyers are posted...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Men, mules and ammunition move forward
- Three men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company H (wearing combat fatigues and helmets, and carrying rifles) walk down a country road lined with leafless trees. One leads a pack mule bearing supplies. More mules...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 14, 1945
- Prospectors, West Creek district
- Prospector holds the harnesses of two pack burros, two more pack burros are close by; loads include pans, buckets and blankets. Dirt road in foreground, hill in background; West Creek and Pemberton district mining camp, Douglas County, Colorado.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Inside pack mule assembly area, Italy
- Pack mule assembly area in Italian Valley; shows a large number of pack saddles, mules, and mule handlers of the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- West Virginia Mining Accidents : 1887 - 1927
- Index of mining accidents in West Virginia between the years 1887 and 1927 respectively. Index is an alphabetical list by miner’s name for fatal and non-fatal mine accidents.
- Mine accidents--West Virginia--Indexes.
- 2007 March
- Hauling timbers to the mines
- A pack train of mules haul timbers on a dirt road probably near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Men mounted on horses lead the pack. Utility poles and mountains are in the distance.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Virginius wood train
- View of a pack train of mules loaded with firewood at the Virginius Mine in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame processing building, men on horseback, a ladder and scree rock.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Fuelwood--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ore train at Mt. Sneffes [sic] in winter
- Men pose with a pack train outside of the George R. Porter general store and post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The burros and mules haul ore bags and pull freight wagons. The snow covered San Juan Mountain Range is in the distance.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Donkey train - Ute Pass
- Pack burros pose on Ute Pass, in Teller County, Colorado; men on horses are in the background.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Teller County--1870-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Teller County--1870-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Teller County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Mule encampment, Italy
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division mule encampment is in a valley surrounded by wooded mountains with pines and leafless deciduous trees. Three assembly lines are visible as the mule drivers saddle the mules. Rows of unsaddled mules, pack saddles...
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Scene in front of Buddecke and Diehl's outfitting house, Montrose, Colorado
- A large group of men, boys, pack mules, pack horses, and covered wagons is in the street outside of Buddecke & Diehl's Outfitting House in Montrose, Colorado. The group appears to be ready to travel. Street is lined with wooden, false front...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Guides & scouts--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Army mules ford creek, Italy
- Eight Army mules with U.S. brands and ten Tenth Mountain Division mule drivers ford a creek. Four mules carry riders; the other four bear fully loaded pack saddles. The men wear caps not helmets. Once across the creek, the mules begin climbing a...
- Military life--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Mule school
- Thirteen Tenth Mountain Division soldiers learn how to pack a mule to transport army gear during "mule school" at Camp Hale, Colorado. The image provides a clear view of the mule's harness and pack saddle. The men are wearing blue denim shirts and...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Pack mules during D Series
- A line of pack mules loaded with wooden crates, moves through the snowy pine woods guided by a Tenth Mountain Division soldier riding a mule. The mules were transporting supplies during the winter maneuvers called D Series held near Camp Hale.
- Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [Spring 1944]
- At lumber yard in Ouray
- Men, one on horseback, accompany a pack train of mules loaded with lumber, in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Stacked boards are in the lumberyard; houses are in the distance.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Lumber--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Rowley, J. B.
- bottle, possibly of wine, stands on the table near two small glasses and a pack of cigarettes. A cork lies next to the cigarette pack.; J. B. Rowley, a pioneer of the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, sits at a table in front of a...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- A morning street scene, Telluride, Colo.
- Pack mules loaded with supplies on Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado. Street filled with mules, each loaded with wooden crates; David Wood (?) in suit and hat stands with dog near front of pack. Masons are constructing First National Bank...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Old Fort Hall, Idaho
- A pack train moves along the Oregon Trail near Fort Hall in Bannock County, Idaho. The fort is constructed of mud bricks and has towers, a gate, and gun slots. North American Indians (Shoshone or Bannock) on horseback approach the entrance to the...
- Indians of North America--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Bannock County (Idaho)--1840-1860.; Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Idaho--Fort...
- 1937
- Soldier boarding transport ship
- A U.S. Army soldier walks up a gangplank as he boards a transport ship at an unidentified port in the United States. He carries a pack and a barracks bag and has a rifle slung over his shoulder. He wears a uniform and helmet. A sign on the...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Transportation.; Gangplanks--United States--1940-1950.; Government vessels--American--United States--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1946 April 10
- The first casualty of World War II evacuated by a tramway arrives at the end of his four-minute journey.
- Medics and soldiers move towards a dead man on a stretcher hanging from a small temporary aerial tramway built by the members of the 126th Mountain Engineers at Riva Ridge in Bologna Province, Italy. The medics wear helmets with crosses painted on...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Casualties--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dead persons--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 February 21
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 11
- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Part of ore pack train, Creede, Colo.
- Dr. H. D. Newton, a dentist from Salida, stands near a pack of burros on a hill near Creede, Mineral County, Colorado. The burros are leaded with equipment. Shows talus.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dentists--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Newton, H. D.
- [1894 or 1895]
- Pack train on Hagerman Pass
- Pack burros carry lumber on Hagerman Pass in Pitkin or Lake County, Colorado; men on horses look on.
- Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Man and pack horse
- Joseph E. (Joe) Peltier poses with his sons, Edgar, George, or Ralph and a pack horse at his ranch home about a half mile below the forks of White River, upper White River area near Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Peltier packed out tourists...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Pack animals--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Peltier, Joseph E.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Prospectors pack burros.
- Two pack burros stand on a dirt road in a mining camp, West Creek and Pemberton district, Douglas County, Colorado. Both have large loads tied with rope, one has a pan. Building and trees in background.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mule pack train in Alma, Colorado
- View of a mule pack train in Alma (Park County), Colorado; men pose; business signs read: "J. G. Brooks General Store," and "Southern Hotel."
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A pack outfit
- Pack outfit on mountain trail; a man with burros loaded with wooden boxes and bedrolls, the lead animal wears a saddle.
- Donkeys--1890-1930.; Packtrains--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930]
- Pack train
- A pack train led by a man in overalls on a horse; shows a team of burros loaded with supplies and timbers on a dirt road, possibly near Ouray or Telluride, Colorado; a mining town and Rocky Mountain peaks in background.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- An early pack train
- A pack train heads out of the snowy mountain town of Sneffels, Colorado; several men stand around burros loaded with supplies; shows wood frame structures; a barn, a couple of businesses with false fronts and tied back awnings, a house with a...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Windham Smelting Works, 3 miles from Ouray. Bull team and pack train unloading ore.
- View of the Windham Smelting Works near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado shows the smelter with a brick chimney, water, a burro pack train and a bull-drawn wagon.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Pack trains--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.
- between 1877 and 1879
- Pack train
- View of mule pack train loaded with empty ore canvas bags plodding along muddy dirt road somewhere probably in San Miguel or Ouray county, Colorado; possibly road to Black Bear Mine (later called Black Bear jeep road) above Telluride.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- 257th Quartermaster Pack Company
- Group portrait of the 257th Quartermaster Pack Company. Taken at Camp Swift, Texas, 1944. Few identified. LEFT TO RIGHT THIRD ROW: tenth is Cillo; thirteenth is Walsh. LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST ROW: ninth, Dean Thomas (sitting).
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Quartermaster Pack Company, 257th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1944
- Pack train, Ophir Loop
- A group of men lead a train of pack mules along a dirt path near the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in southwestern Colorado. The man in front sits sideways on his mule holding his arms crossed in front of his chest. Another man sits on the ground...
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Pack animals--Colorado--1920-1930.; Packtrains--Colorado--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Pack train - Bearskin Meadow
- Men rest under trees at Bearskin Meadow, in Fresno County (now Kings Canyon National Park), California; loaded pack horses are nearby.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations.; Bearskin Meadow (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Fresno County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Horses--California--Fresno County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pack burro
- A burro with a pack stands on the tracks of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway in El Paso County, Colorado. The burros carries a wheel barrow, shovel, axe, crate and metal can. A sign on the wheelbarrow reads: "I Helped to Build Pikes Peak...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- c1891, Oct. 11
- Pack team in Montezuma
- Men and pack burros pose in Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado. The saloon behind them (Montezuma Pool Hall) is a two-story frame building with a false front; signs by the door read: "Anheuser Busch Pale Light Beer."
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars--Colorado--Montezuma--1910-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Montezuma--1910-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--Montezuma--1910-1920.
- 1912?
- Western History Subject Index
- Pack transportation
- Hunters
- Hunters sit and pose on a sagebrush covered hillside beside pack horses that carry deer carcasses in probably western Colorado. Men wear hats and pose with deer skulls and antlers, and rifles.
- Deer hunting--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mule-drawn wagon at Sneffels
- A team of mules pull a wagon loaded with probably a boiler in front of the hand-hewn post office and general store in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Men sit atop the boiler and pack train mules loaded with supplies and canvas ore bags are near...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sneffels post office and burros
- Men pose with burros with pack saddles outside of the hand-hewn post office and general store in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground and debris is scattered around the buildings.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]